Saw-handle



(No Model.) i .L N. DUDLBY.

Y SAW HANDLE'.

No; 283,221. Y \`Pa.1',efmtedAugl .14, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JAMEs N. DUDLEY, oF `rFrrnoLIA, CALIFORNIA.

SAW-HANDLE.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,221, dated August 14, 1883.

' Applicationf`xle`dAprl17,1833. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern i Beit known that I, JAMEs N. DUDLEY, of

` Petrolia, in the county of Humboldt and State drawings, forming part of this specication, in

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`tion of the handles.

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a crosscut saw with sockethandles contrived `according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one end of the saw with a socket and handles as contrived by me, showing thev handles in differentpositions, the figure being on anenlargedscale. Fig 3 isa section of` Fig. 2 Fig. 4. is a side elevation of one end of ,the saw, showing a different applica- I Fig. 5 is a side elevation, showingthe adaptation vof the socket to the ordinary handles. Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. ,3 on line y y, showing the manner of securing the additional handle; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the improved clampingsocket, of two 'connected parts, asl propose to make it.

I take a ferrule or short section of tube, a, preferably a little tapering in form, and make 'two slits, 1),.in it, on opposite sides, from the large end nearly to the other end, where they funite with'two-other'circumferential slits, c,

extending each way from the slits b a sufli cient distance to render the two parts or opposite sides ofthe socket sufficiently expan! `sible to serve as well for a clamping-socket as socket thus made, and provided with the lugs e to embrace the edges of the saw, is to be attached asiordinary sockets arel forthe com- `poseto employ a yokebolt, h, and in thisV case will use the elbow-handles t', consisting ofy natural crooks or knees, which are readilyfound in the forests, and are much stronger than can be made by shaping them out of straight-grained wood.-

They may also be readily found in about the size wanted, so as to require but little fitting; or they may be made by steaming and bending to shape. -Vhen such handles are used they may be attached to the back of the saw, and set either upward or downward, as in Fig. 2, or being madedouble-that is to say, in the form of the full or solid and' dotted lines i, Fig. 2-they may be set with one up and'the other down on the opposite sides of in said iigure; or they may be attached to the toothed edges, as in Fig. 4, and be set either up or down, thus enabling them to be used in various different positions.

To provide for an additional handle, j, I`

for securing it by making a deep socket in,

the handle, with the nut m lodged therein by spurs n on its edge pressed into the walls `of the socket, so that the nut may be turned by the handle to screw the nut down .onto the shoulder` of the bottom of the socket. Thus I provide forv the connection of two handles by one socket vfor the application of both hands to better advantage than with one handle.

It is also to be noticed that the handle 17 may be turned up horizontally and be secured at right angles to handle j, or vertically and parallel with j, if desired, and it may be set either before or behind handle j, as preferred, or one each way, in which case the handle j may be only rudimentary, and used only to turn the nut to tighten the bolt h.

j, as represented by `said full and dotted lines Having thus described my invention, I claim `fastening devices, as described.

2. The socket-handlefj, -having the nut m lodged in it, in combination with the socket k, a clamping-socket, a, and an attaching-bolt,

substantially as described.

JAMES N. DUDLEY.

Titnessesz v E. D. DOUGIIEETY,

L. H. MINEE.

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